a_j_mair
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right i have some white dials fitted and have blue leds in my clock. they are ok at 30 and 120mph but when the needlr gets to the top you cant see what speed you are doing 
sure i read sumwhere someone had put extra bulbs in.
is this possibile
do i just drill a hole through the plastic and make sure it is on same strip as other bulb ?
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Planty02
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I would imagine that you could solder a peice of wire from an existing bulb to your new bulb for power etc - then just drill a hole wherever you want - not entirely sure tho
could test on an old set of clocks if u got some before doing this on ur final clocks
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Rob_Corsa
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try some better led's. You want some with a flat tip so the beam is spread wider and not like a tourch.
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a_j_mair
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think they do have a flat top 
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Rob_Corsa
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Ive just fitted some with a flat tip and they aint perfect, as you say some bits still dont light up properly. Im thinking that they only way round will be to strip the unit and wire in an array of leds. Would be great if someone had pics or advice of a similar method.
Gonna give it a try next weekend.
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a_j_mair
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i was thinking about sticking some tinfoil on the end of the flat leds to try and shed the light out the sides, dont no if this is a good or stupid idea
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j0hn
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think grafixexpress's LEDs are wide angle, give him a u2u or email
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Black Corsa SRi
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quote:
Originally posted by a_j_mair
do i just drill a hole through the plastic and make sure it is on same strip as other bulb ?
dont know if i'm missunderstanding what your saying but just in case i'm not dont drill through the actual conductive track. Drill through a bit of the plastic and wire it in that way if you want to add extras in but it may not work, i'm not sure how the circuit is wired but it will prob light but it may mean as you have more bulbs consuming more power than the circuit was designed for it either wont be man enough full stop of all the bulbs will be very dull and you'll have the same prob anyway but on saying that if as in your case your using LEDs they hardly take an power to light em anyway so may be alright just try it first by wiring em in before you go drilling holes for em!
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Rob_Corsa
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ive currently got my dash apart at the side of me and without it being a complete bodge there is no way to wire in any more leds. Theres far too many tracks on back of the unit to allow space to drill and mount any new leds where extra light is needed. Im gonna revert back to my red bulbs as they looked better than blue led's.
Shame cos id got some bits ready to wire in a seperate dimmer switch for the dash lights.
As for overpowering the circuit, each LED takes a 1/3rd of the current that the original bulb takes so in theory you could have 10 LEDs in place of the 3 x 1W bulbs.
The red circls show original bulbs and yellow x's are where new leds need to go but cant due to tracks/modules.
[Edited on 04-02-2006 by Rob_Corsa]
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